Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-11
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

General Sprague's place as one of
the trustees of the Washington school
for defective youth has been filled by
the appointment of Hon. Louis Shons
OF Vancouver.
1t is rumo ed that the Port Blakely
mill compa ny will either purchase a
tug boat at San Francisco or have one
built. The company has to employ
the tug boats of other companies at
present.
Buyers are offering 20 cents per
for hops, at Tacoma, if they can secure
supplies to ship eastward before March
Goth. They will wait for the effect of
the new law of Congress before opeIat-
ing to any extent. Contract hops are
still quoted at l3t cents per pound.
On Monday a fire originated in the
laundry at the Territorial Hospital for
the Insane at Fort Steilacoom. Cap
tain Sam Woodruff of the fire depart
ment there turned out the cranks, and
in short time by the aid of the luna
tic bucket brigade extinguished the
fire before much damage was done.
The Pacific Coast Ship Owners AS
sociation have notified their agent at
Port Townsend, Henry Rothchilds,
that at a regular meeting held on the
I'd instant in San Francisco the follow
ing rates as seamen's wages were es-
tablished: To the islands, $50 per
month; Puget Sound and bar harbors,
$35, and to open ports, $40.
Pensions have been granted to min
ors of the following residents of this
Territory: Charles Dennis, Pullman !;
Annie S., mother of Sampson Thomp-
son, Deep Creek Falls; Kate X, widow
of Joseph II. Whittlesey, Seattle. In
crease of pension has been granted
to Eldin C. Parlin, Walla Walla; John
c. Berry, Hartland; Henry Cloud,
alias III. C. Cloud, Port Blakely.
Joseph McElraith, stepson of Mr.. E.
Ingle, one of our oldest pioneers, who
resides near the Oregon line, a short
distance from Milton, while standing
on bridge over the Walla Walla river
near his home, a few days ago, loading
a shotgun, when the charge in the
other barrel exploded, owing to the
gun slipping and striking the hammer,
the contents entering the unfortunate
young mans head just below the fore
head, literally blowing his brains out,
and he died in a very short time. He
was about l6 years of age and very
promising youth.
Mr.. Hall, of the Stetson & Post mill
company, of Seattle, reports foreign
trade good. They are now shipping
seven carloads of lumber to Spokane
and have had orders from other points
east of the mountains, to points in
Montana and Eastern Washington.
They anticipate heavy trade with
Eastern Washington and Montana in
the near future, and think that the de-
mand will be sufficient to keep num-
Der of large mills getting out lumber
They have the contract for furnishing
the timber for the trestle work of the
Seattle & Eastern railroad from Mill
street to Smiths cove, which will be
some 100000 or 100000 feet.
T. c. Austin, for some months past
editor of the East Portland Vindicator,
has made application to Hon. X. X
Jones, new Chief Justice of Washing
ton Territory, for the position of Clerk
of the District Court under his juris-
diction. Mr.. Austin was persuaded to
do this by the citizens of Whatcom
county, which is his home, and unsoli-
cited by himself has received endorse
ment from over 800 leading persons,
lawyers, the Common Council OF What
com and many other important men
of the Territory. Mr.. Austen is a law
yer OF considerable ability, and entire
ly qualified for the place. Mr.. Jones
could scarcely make a selection which
would be more acceptable to the resi-
dents of his district,-Ex,